
In the past year or so, the folks from Mad River Outfitters in Columbus, Ohio, have been churning out how-to videos and a remarkable pace. In the latest, Brian Flechsig demonstrates the . . .
Read MoreIn the past year or so, the folks from Mad River Outfitters in Columbus, Ohio, have been churning out how-to videos and a remarkable pace. In the latest, Brian Flechsig demonstrates the . . .
Read MoreTim Flagler of Tightline Productions knows about more than fly tying. Although we love posting his step-by-step tying videos every Wednesday, we are equally excited about. . .
Read MoreOne of the most important modern-day connections in fly fishing, the loop-to-loop connection is used for a variety of applications. However, the most common use is the junction between the welded loop on your fly line and the loop in the . . .
Read MoreI’m going to state right off the bat that, when it comes to joining pieces of monofilament, I am a blood-knot guy. There are several reasons: It’s the knot I learned first, and I’ve tied it enough that I can tie. . .
Read MoreOur pal Louis Cahill at Gink + Gasoline posted an awesome video featuring professional leader-maker Christopher Fave tying a blood knot. Even if you consider yourself pretty good at tying. . .
Read MoreIt was on my first saltwater trip to the Everglades that I came to understand the importance of tying good knots. I had made the long trip from northern New York to Flamingo with one of my college professors (and fishing buddies) to chase snook, . . .
Read MoreBy now you have probably experienced a broken tippet knot, either caused by a big fish or a snag. The Orvis tippet knot is easy to tie, just slightly more difficult than a surgeon’s knot, but . . .
Read MoreThe debate over the relative values and strengths of the blood knot and the triple surgeon’s knot has raged for decades. Both knots are designed to connect two pieces of monofilament–when building a leader or adding a tippet–but blood-knot evangelists . . .
Read MoreI’m going to admit right off the bat that I have never tied a Eugene bend, but after reading this argument for the knot in the Ozark Fly Fisher Journal, I think I’m going to do some experimenting . . .
Read MoreThe first knot that most anglers learn is the clinch knot, and then they move on to the improved clinch. But is the latter always better than the former? I mean, it does say “improved” right in . . .
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